Leadership

Tim Conley

Co-Founder and Principal Partner

Tim Conley brings over 27 years of IT experience in enterprise open systems and storage products supporting banking, insurance, public, and private sectors, with emphasis on Power Systems, IBM Storage, storage area networks (SAN), and Enterprise wide Backup and Recovery. Tim is also an IBM Certified Specialist and subject matter expert (SME) in AIX, Spectrum Protect, SAN, and IBM Tape/Disk Storage solutions. In his current role, Tim provides technical consulting services to IBM, IBM Business Partners, and customers in IT architecture, AIX, performance/tuning, Storage solutions, and technical project management areas. Tim Also conducts Storage Assessments for IBM, as an independent Regional Systems Integrator. Previously, Tim was a Sr. IT Specialist at IBM Corporation and Provident Mutual Life. Tim earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Widener University.

Chris Churchey

Co-Founder and Principal Partner

Chris Churchey brings over 35 years of IT experience in enterprise open systems and storage technologies, with an emphasis on operating systems, virtualization, large scale systems/storage architecting, design and integration, and performance optimization of computer resources. Chris holds numerous IBM Certifications and is a subject matter expert (SME) in Server/Storage Consolidation, Performance, AIX, Linux, Power, Virtualization, and IBM Storage technologies. In his current role, Chris oversees business development and the management and support of large/direct ATS customers. Chris also oversees the requirements, strategy, and business development of Galileo Performance Explorer™, the company’s cloud-based charting tool that provides customizable, on demand views of infrastructure performance. Prior to ATS, Chris was with IBM for 23 years, where his ending assignment was a Consultant Systems Architect providing architecture, design, and IT consulting services to IBM Commercial and Federal customers. Chris was recognized as IBM Systems Engineer of the Year in 1991.

Mercedes Petrellis, PMP

Chief Operating Officer

Mercedes has over 15 years of experience in the IT field performing tasks in IT consulting, project management, support, engineering, and training. As COO, Mercedes is responsible for directing daily operational activities and assists and leads the development and execution of corporate strategic initiatives. Mercedes is PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). She plays a key role working with customers, account managers and technical resources. Mercedes oversees the company’s project portfolio and resources. As a Technical Project Manager she leads teams, creates and manages project schedules, and ensures deliverables are met on time and within budget. Mercedes currently holds secret and public trust clearances for multiple federal government agencies.

Jerri Pelletier

Comptroller

Jerri Pelletier brings over 30 years of business administration experience, and has spent the last 14 years focusing on finance and accounting areas. In her current role, Jerri is responsible for all accounting functions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow, payroll, forecasting, and budgeting, and financial reporting. She also oversees all employee benefits and assists the Technical Project Managers in managing the profitability of projects and resources. Prior to joining ATS, Jerri held key financial, administrative, and office manager roles at various mid-sized companies. Jerri earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Education with a concentration in Accounting from Shepherd College.

Dave Hamilton

Senior Account Manager/Senior Systems Engineer

Dave has spent most of his 11+ years in the IT industry supporting large scale enterprise environments. This includes design, implementation, management, and performance optimization of Storage, Backup, and SAN environments with a focus on IBM technology. In his current role with ATS, Dave supports some of the largest government, utility, and financial sector clients. As an account manager, Dave supports all aspects of the customer relationship from budget to technical oversight. He brings a strong background in IT management with experience leading teams responsible for enterprise systems supporting millions of people. Dave holds multiple certifications through IBM and Cisco, along with a public trust government clearance.

William Maloney, IBM Certified Specialist

Senior Account Manager/Senior Systems Engineer

Bill has over 25 years of technical and managerial leadership in the IT industry. As an account manager Bill is focused on maintaining strong, long-lasting customer relationships. Bill supports all aspects of the customer relationship from SOW’s to technical oversight. Bill’s range of skill sets include pSeries, Storage, SAN, AIX, Spectrum Protect, PowerHA, and SKLM. He has been the technical lead on many large scale and complex implementations of IBM’s Spectrum Protect. Bill has certifications in AIX administration, LPAR, HACMP and Spectrum Protect. He has over 50 successful Spectrum Protect implementations to his credit. He also provides Spectrum Protect health checks and customer DR tests every year.